About the Artist

F.A. Chekki was born in New York, U.S.A., in 1977. He attended schools in New Hampshire and Colorado having attained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado School of Law. He presently lives and works in the Dallas, TX, area, is married, and has three children. He has worked as an educator, attorney, in the insurance industry, and has committed himself to the practice of oil painting. His other interests are in writing, and he is the author of children's literature. F.A. aspires to master being a painter of the natural or surreal-natural world.

Moreover, the author/artist has a great love for the medieval times, ancient history, nature and the outdoors all over the world, and he is an active enthusiast for all things educational and political.

His travels have been to Hungary, Austria, Germany, Russia, Latina America, and Tanzania. He believes his exposure to other world cultures have shaped his ideologies; and he believes his experiences seeing nature in various continents, not to mention is home of Colorado, have influenced his art.